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. Slaves also created their own religious observances meeting alone without the supervision of their white masters or ministers the larger plantations with groups of slaves numbering twenty or more tended to be centers of nighttime meetings of one or several plantation slave populations. These congregations revolved around a singular preacher often illiterate with limited knowledge of theology who was marked by his personal piety and ability to foster a spiritual environment African Americans developed a theology related to Biblical stories having the most meaning for them including the hope for deliverance from slavery by their own Exodus One lasting influence of these secret congregations is the African-American spiritual. . .

. At Washington's urging Governor Lord Botetourt fulfilled Dinwiddie's 1754 promise of land bounties to all volunteer militia during the French and Indian War in late 1770 Washington inspected the lands in the Ohio and Great Kanawha regions and he engaged surveyor William Crawford to subdivide it Crawford allotted 23,200 acres (9,400 ha) to Washington; Washington told the veterans that their land was hilly and unsuitable for farming and he agreed to purchase 20,147 acres (8,153 ha) leaving some feeling that they had been duped. He also doubled the size of Mount Vernon to 6,500 acres (2,600 ha) and increased its slave population to more than 100 by 1775, On May 8 Zachary Taylor and 2,400 troops arrived to relieve the fort. However General Arista rushed north and intercepted him with a force of 3,400 at Palo Alto the U.S Army employed "flying artillery" their term for horse artillery a type of mobile light artillery that was mounted on horse carriages with the entire crew riding horses into battle it had a devastating effect on the Mexican army in contrast to the "flying artillery" of the Americans the Mexican cannons at the Battle of Palo Alto fired at such slow velocities that it was possible for American soldiers to dodge artillery rounds the Mexicans replied with cavalry skirmishes and their own artillery the U.S flying artillery somewhat demoralized the Mexican side and seeking terrain more to their advantage the Mexicans retreated to the far side of a dry riverbed (resaca) during the night it provided a natural fortification but during the retreat Mexican troops were scattered making communication difficult. ; Privileges protecting members In order to garner enough votes to pass the Assumption Bill Hamilton also needed votes from the Pennsylvania delegates This led to the decision to designate Philadelphia as the temporary capital city of the United States federal government for a period of ten years until the permanent capital was ready. Congress reconvened in Philadelphia on December 6 1790 at Congress Hall. Washington D.C. Business Directory Painting showing Washington and Lafayette on horseback in a winter setting at Valley Forge; .